HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2205 ORDINANCE NO. 2205
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF AZUSA AMENDING SECTION
19 . 50.140 OF THE AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO THE SIZE OF POLITICAL CAMPAIGN
SIGNS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 19 .50. 140 of the Azusa Municipal
Code is amended to read as follows:
"19 .50 . 140 . Political Campaign Signs shall be as
follows:
(1) Location: No political campaign signs shall
be located on public or private property
unless such signs comply with the following
regulations:
(a) A maximum of one such sign per office
on the ballot per parcel of private
property shall be permitted.
(b) Roof-mounted signs are prohibited.
(c) It is unlawful to post such signs on
fire hydrants, trees, shrubs, or other
inappropriate public places, or on
privately-owned utility poles or cross-
wires without the consent of their owner.
(d) It is unlawful to post such signs in a
manner so as to obstruct traffic or
street signs or devices, present any
hazard to the public, interfere with
the normal functioning of the public
objects involved, or damage or deface
public property.
(2) Size: The maximum area of the sign shall not
exceed eight (8) square feet.
(3) Height: The maximum height of the sign shall not
exceed four (4) feet from the base of said sign.
(4) When permitted: The signs may be displayed for
a period not exceeding forty-five (45) days prior
to the election and removed within five (5) days
after the election.
(5) Signs on Unoccupied Parcels : Political campaign
signs located on unoccupied parcels shall require
a temporary sign permit. An affidavit assuring
removal of all signs shall be signed by each
candidate or authorized representative.
SECTION 2. Pursuant to Government Code Sections
36934 and 36937 , the City Council of the City of Azusa hereby
declares this ordinance to be an urgency ordinance requiring
the immediate enactment thereof because the same is necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health,
safety and general welfare of the City and its citizens and,
accordingly, the provisions of this ordinance shall become
effective at once as an urgency ordinance. The facts consti-
tuting such urgency are that the City has a general municipal
election set for April 10, 1984 , and that if the ordinance was
not adopted as an urgency ordinance there would be insufficient
time for the candidates for that election to prepare their signs
to be posted within forty-five (45) days in advance of the elec-
tion in accordnace with the new regulation regarding signs
adopted herein.
SECTION 3. This amendment to Title 19 of the Azusa
Municipal Code does not change any property from one zone to
another, nor impose any new regulation or modify or remove any
existing regulation on the use or development of property and,
therefore, the procedures set forth in Chapter 19. 64 requiring
public hearings before the Planning Commission and the City
Council are not required prior to the adoption of this amendment.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify the passage
of this ordinance as an urgency ordinance and shall cause the
same to be published as required by law. "
PASSED AND APPROVED this 3rd day of January
1984 .
MAYOR f y �
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF AZUSA
I, ADOLPH SOLIS, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2205 was duly
adopted and passed as an urgency ordinance at a regular meeting
of the City Council on the 3rd day of January , 1984 ,
by the following vote to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: CRUZ , COOK, CAMARENA, LATTA, MOSES
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ADOLPH S IS, CITY CLERK
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